Small Unmanned Fixed-wing Aircraft Design: A Practical Approach (aerospace Series)
by Andrew J. Keane /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Small Unmanned Fixed-wing Aircraft Design
Small Unmanned Fixed-wing Aircraft Design is the essential
guide to designing, building and testing fixed wing UAVs (or
drones). It deals with aircraft from two to 150 kg in weight and
is based on the first-hand experiences of the world renowned UAV
team at the UK’s University of Southampton.
is the essential
guide to designing, building and testing fixed wing UAVs (or
drones). It deals with aircraft from two to 150 kg in weight and
is based on the first-hand experiences of the world renowned UAV
team at the UK’s University of Southampton.
The book covers both the practical aspects of designing,
manufacturing and flight testing and outlines and the essential
calculations needed to underpin successful designs. It describes
the entire process of UAV design from requirements definition to
configuration layout and sizing, through preliminary design and
analysis using simple panel codes and spreadsheets to full CFD
and FEA models and on to detailed design with parametric CAD
tools. Its focus is on modest cost approaches that draw heavily
on the latest digital design and manufacturing methods, including
a strong emphasis on utilizing off-the-shelf components, low cost
analysis, automated geometry modelling and 3D printing.
The book covers both the practical aspects of designing,
manufacturing and flight testing and outlines and the essential
calculations needed to underpin successful designs. It describes
the entire process of UAV design from requirements definition to
configuration layout and sizing, through preliminary design and
analysis using simple panel codes and spreadsheets to full CFD
and FEA models and on to detailed design with parametric CAD
tools. Its focus is on modest cost approaches that draw heavily
on the latest digital design and manufacturing methods, including
a strong emphasis on utilizing off-the-shelf components, low cost
analysis, automated geometry modelling and 3D printing.
It deliberately avoids a deep theoretical coverage of
aerodynamics or structural mechanics; rather it provides a design
team with sufficient insights and guidance to get the essentials
undertaken more pragmatically. The book contains many all-colour
illustrations of the dozens of aircraft built by the authors and
their students over the last ten years giving much detailed
information on what works best. It is predominantly aimed at
under-graduate and MSc level student design and build projects,
but will be of interest to anyone engaged in the practical
problems of getting quite complex unmanned aircraft flying. It
should also appeal to the more sophisticated aero-modeller and
those engaged on research based around fixed wing UAVs.
It deliberately avoids a deep theoretical coverage of
aerodynamics or structural mechanics; rather it provides a design
team with sufficient insights and guidance to get the essentials
undertaken more pragmatically. The book contains many all-colour
illustrations of the dozens of aircraft built by the authors and
their students over the last ten years giving much detailed
information on what works best. It is predominantly aimed at
under-graduate and MSc level student design and build projects,
but will be of interest to anyone engaged in the practical
problems of getting quite complex unmanned aircraft flying. It
should also appeal to the more sophisticated aero-modeller and
those engaged on research based around fixed wing UAVs.